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Dear Coban,

	As usual kindly post the following VOA News on Burmanet, after
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DATE=6/19/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180662
TITLE=BURMA / SUU KYI (L)
BYLINE=DAN ROBINSON
DATELINE=BANGKOK
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 

INTRO:  AUNG SAN SUU KYI -- THE BURMESE DEMOCRACY FIGURE NOW IN 
HER SIXTH YEAR OF HOUSE ARREST -- TURNED 50 MONDAY.  V-O-A'S DAN 
ROBINSON REPORTS -- AS BURMESE DEMOCRACY GROUPS RENEW DEMANDS FOR
HER RELEASE -- THERE IS NO INDICATION OF CHANGE IN THE ATTITUDE 
OF THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT TOWARD AUNG SAN SUU KYI, WHO WAS 
AWARDED THE 1991 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR HER DEMOCRACY EFFORTS: 

TEXT:

                   // RICHARDSON ACTUALITY //

         AS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT POUR INTO 
         BURMA, WITHOUT ANY CONSTRUCTIVE PRESSURE AND DIALOGUE ON
         HUMAN RIGHTS, THE CAUSES OF DEMOCRACY IN BURMA AND AUNG 
         SAN SUU KYI'S RELEASE ARE FORGOTTEN -- AND THAT'S  NOT  
         RIGHT.

                       // END ACTUALITY //

DEMOCRATIC U-S CONGRESSMAN BILL RICHARDSON SPEAKING ABOUT AUNG 
SAN SUU KYI -- WHOM HE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO MEET AGAIN DURING HIS 
MOST RECENT VISIT TO RANGOON.

AUNG SAN SUU KYI MOST LIKELY SPENT HER 50TH BIRTHDAY NO 
DIFFERENTLY THAN ANY OTHER DAY IN RECENT WEEKS.  BURMA'S MILITARY
DENIED PERMISSION FOR HER FAMILY -- INCLUDING BRITISH HUSBAND 
MICHAEL ARIS AND HER TWO SONS -- TO VISIT HER.

IF SHE LISTENED TO HER SHORTWAVE RADIO -- AS SHE IS REPORTED TO 
DO ON A DAILY BASIS -- SHE KNOWS THAT BURMESE DEMOCRACY GROUPS, 
HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS CONTINUE TO 
PRESS FOR HER FREEDOM.

// OPT //  A STATEMENT BY THE MAIN BURMESE STUDENT EXILE GROUP 
(A-B-S-D-F) EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT HER HEALTH AND CALLED FOR HER
RELEASE, ALONG WITH OTHER POLITICAL PRISONERS.  // END OPT //

HOWEVER, RANGOON-BASED DIPLOMATS AND OTHER OBSERVERS SAY RECENT 
DEVELOPMENTS DO NOT POINT TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI GAINING HER FREEDOM
ANYTIME SOON.

THE LEGAL LIMIT OF HER DETENTION -- WHICH WAS EXTENDED IN 1994 --
IS JULY 11TH. .

HOWEVER, THEY HAVE ALSO MADE CLEAR -- REGARDLESS OF THE LAW OR 
INTERPRETATIONS OF IT -- THEY ALONE WILL DETERMINE WHEN OR 
WHETHER TO FREE HER, DEPENDING ON THEIR ASSESSMENT OF THE PUBLIC 
REACTION HER RELEASE MIGHT BRING.

ALSO, IT IS STILL WIDELY-ASSUMED THE MILITARY WILL PUSH ITS 
TIGHTLY-CONTROLLED NATIONAL CONVENTION TO A CONCLUSION BEFORE 
MAKING ANY DECISION ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI.  PRINCIPLES ALREADY 
RUBBER-STAMPED BY THAT CONVENTION ELIMINATE HER FROM ANY ROLE IN 
POLITICS.

// OPT //  AFTER HIS LATEST VISIT TO RANGOON, CONGRESSMAN 
RICHARDSON  PREDICTED AUNG SAN SUU KYI WILL NOT BE RELEASED IN 
JULY.  AND HE SAYS HE RECEIVED NO INDICATION THE JUNTA IS READY 
TO RESUME THE DIALOGUE IT BEGAN WITH HER LAST YEAR.  // END OPT 
//

AS THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S DETENTION 
APPROACHES, THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNS OF NERVOUSNESS ON THE PART OF 
THE JUNTA.  THE RANGOON MILITARY COMMANDER RECENTLY CALLED FOR 
HEIGHTENED VIGILANCE.  EARLIER, A NUMBER OF ELDERLY DISSIDENTS --
INCLUDING ONE RELEASED FROM PRISON ONLY LAST MARCH WERE DETAINED 
FOR QUESTIONING.

HOPE THAT THE JUNTA MIGHT SATISFY ONE KEY DEMAND OF THE WORLD 
COMMUNITY -- ACCESS TO PRISONS -- SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN DASHED.  THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK IT 
IS PULLING OUT OF BURMA.  (SIGNED)

NEB / WOD / WOD

19-Jun-95 7:14 AM EDT (1114 UTC)
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